My Cheviot has room for 700x40 tires with fenders according to Riv specs. The Cheviut will be used for daily commuting and loaded touring/s24o trips. Riding will be mostly done on pavement with some non-technical dirt and gravel trails. I value flat protection highly, as I loath changing flats on the way to work!
I am coming from 26" wheel bikes (Atlantis and LHT) where I had phenomenal success with Big Apples 26x2.1 and Compass 26x1.75 tires. Rivendell has two options in the close to 700x40 size: Schwalbe Little Big Ben wire, RaceGuard Performance line, HS439 - 700c x 38 (40-622, 28x1.5) - 10128 And Schwalbe Marathon GreenGuard HS420 tire Compass has the 700C x 38 Barlow Pass. Jack Browns seem too narrow (about 33.3333mm) when I have room to approach 40mm. I would appreciate learning the merits of these tires and which would work better for me. What is the difference between the Marathons and Little Big Bens besides weight? Do the marathons give greater flat protection? Do the Barlow Pass have the flat protection of the Schwalbes? Are there other tire options I should be considering? I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by options and a bit clueless especially in comparing marathons to Lil Big Bens of almost identical size and price. With appreciation, Erl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
